I joined the site today looking for resources and places to spread info about my serial web fiction project. It's a serial sci fi, future Earth deal.

The project itself is pretty intense. The entire universe is self-created. The political spectrum, the technology base, the history of how mankind got from current time to 2193, etc.

I've thought about allowing guest writers, but the story is seventeen episodes deep, and doing a collaborative story on the main storyline just wouldn't work.

However...

Subset stories! That could be fun! And this site would be a great environment for it. We could write about individual battles, or a natural disaster that takes place on one of the planets, etc. etc. etc.

Future earth, 2193. A small chunk of the Milky Way has been explored and colonized. Following a ten year war which nearly decimated mankind, a trio of organizations claimed power. By 2193, this "Civil Triumvirate" had created a dystopian "Proper Society" of extreme law and social oppression. The antagonists are key leaders in this organization (military, political, science, espionage).

The protagonists are a group of freedom fighters who are trying to disrupt the Civil Triumvirate and unleash the citizens of Proper Society from their enslavement.

That's the setting. The story focuses on a main character, Jacob Kale, and a few focus sub-heroes who all end up involved with him. The plot devices (war, espionage, relationships, and mysterious 'events' that begin happening which can't be explained by science) are all centered around building character rapport and a desire as reader to see the heroes win against a very cruel and extremely evil set of villains.

About this group

For those interested in outlining and discussing specific ongoing storylines.

Sometimes simply using the comments area to refine a story's plot, sending private messages to co-authors to discuss characters, or updating the author guidance with setting information isn't quite enough.

If you have an elaborate, complex tale — be it solo or collaborative — come by the Planning & Brainstorming group to storyboard, outline, annotate, draft, and discuss your work's plot, characters, setting, history, intrigue, or anything that comes to mind.

Please try and keep all discussion topics you create centered around a single work!

Note: The intention is to move all story-related discussions in this group into "Story Wikis" (a new feature, currently in planning) down the road, so please use this group instead of posting new works to discuss backstory/characters/story meta-information.